by Lois H. March is Women’s History Month! I believe that we should celebrate the many accomplishments of women every day of the year. However, I also appreciate the designation of a month as a reminder to celebrate, educate, and think about the future. This March, I have decided to try to only consume books, […]

by Craig B. “Creation is messy. You want genius, you get madness; two sides of the same coin.” – Steve Jobs “At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.” – Aberjhani The Ninth Symphony. The Sistine Chapel. Classical Cynicism. The human mind is a marvelous thing. We’ve gone from stone tools to quantum […]

by Brian H. Library staff work hard to “know” the collection and make recommendations to you. We find books, movies and music that we suggest to you and we hope that some of these suggestions match your interests and meets your expectation of what a public library is all about. We have collaborators in this […]

by Brian H. A favorite composer I have enjoyed listening to music by composer Johannes Brahms for many years now. I can trace this love of Brahms’s music back to a music library collection in my family home. It was my mother’s doing I’m sure. She loved music and made certain we all had musical experiences […]

by Brian H. There’s nothing more enjoyable than hearing a great original song reworked into something new. You get to hear something that sounds familiar, something you already like, in a new way. A new voice, a new set of instruments or without instruments, a new arrangement, or a new take on the meaning behind […]

by Brian The opera singer soprano Kiri Te Kanawa retired from singing in 2017. Over the course of her four decade career, she has garnered the praise and adoration from opera fans and music critics alike. Not to mention the royal family.

by Brian H. Where do you go to find the music you love or search for new music to love? There are so many sources to explore music and musicians. One that I go to regularly is NPR Music. In particular their Tiny Desk concerts series and podcast of All Songs Considered. I regularly look […]

by Kimberly P. “Somebody famous had a birthday today. . .” –Prince, “June” After two years, it still feels as if I’ve only just learned of his passing. Prince: an enigma, a mystery, but most of all, a musical artist with few equals. One of the comforting things to emerge after his death are the […]

by Brian H. Okay, I caught your eye with that blog post title. Your mind quickly flipped through all those tenor voices you have recordings of and you thought…he must be talking about Caruso…no…Pavarotti…no Carreras…no one of those 3 Irish tenor fellas…no that tenor Bocelli who is on PBS all the time…

by Brian H. Whether we realized it or not we’ve all been offered a course in music history through the documentaries created by Ken Burns. The films he creates tell stories from history through images and film footage with narration. They also feature a good deal of music that significantly helps with telling these stories.